Rovers have today confirmed their entire pre-season schedule for the 2008/09 season.

A total of 12 friendly fixtures have been arranged, including three outside of the UK.

The players will report back for training on Thursday 3rd July, and will play their first match 13 days later at Weymouth.

The final friendly will take place four days before the season starts on Tuesday 5th August.

The pre-season calendar in full is as follows:

Thursday 3rd July - Players Report Back
Sunday 6th July - Annual Fun Day
Wednesday 16th July - Weymouth (away) 7:30pm
Friday 18th July - Tiverton Town (away) 7:45pm
Saturday 19th July - Torquay United (away) 3:00pm
Monday 21st July - Denmark & Sweden Tour Begins
Tuesday 22nd July - FC Copenhagen (away) 3:00pm
Tuesday 22nd July - Mangotsfield United (away) 7:30pm
Thursday 24th July - MABI (away, Malmo) 7:00pm
Saturday 26th July - Weston-Super-Mare (away) 3:00pm
Saturday 26th July - LB07 (away, Malmo) 6:00pm
Sunday 27th July - Denmark & Sweden Tour Ends
Monday 28th July - Yate Town (away) 7:30pm
Thursday 31st July - Llanelli (away) 7:30pm
Saturday 2nd August - Den Haag (home) 3:00pm
Tuesday 5th August - Salisbury Town (away) 7:30pm
Saturday 9th August - 2008/09 Season Begins

Some of the above fixtures, in particular those on the same day as other higher profile matches, will feature a mixture of youth players, trialists and squad players.